naʼachʼąąh
Navajo
Etymology
na- (atelic, circuital) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø - (thematic) + -chʼąąh (continuative imperfective stem of root -CHʼĄĄʼ, “to decorate”).
Verb
naʼachʼąąh
Conjugation
Paradigm: Continuative (Ø/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | naʼashchʼąąh | naʼiichʼąąh | nidaʼiichʼąąh |
| 2nd person | naʼíchʼąąh | naʼohchʼąąh | nidaʼohchʼąąh |
| 3rd person | naʼachʼąąh | nidaʼachʼąąh | |
| 4th person | niʼjichʼąąh | nidaʼjichʼąąh | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | niʼshéchʼąąʼ | niʼshiichʼąąʼ | nidaʼshiichʼąąʼ |
| 2nd person | niʼshíníchʼąąʼ | niʼshoochʼąąʼ | nidaʼshoochʼąąʼ |
| 3rd person | naʼazhchʼąąʼ | nidaʼazhchʼąąʼ | |
| 4th person | niʼjizhchʼąąʼ | nidaʼjizhchʼąąʼ | |
| Other forms | |||
| Unspecified person | Spatial person | Passive A | Passive B |
| — | — | naʼashchʼąąʼ | — |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | niʼdeeshchʼąh | niʼdiichʼąh | nidaʼdiichʼąh |
| 2nd person | niʼdííchʼąh | niʼdoohchʼąh | nidaʼdoohchʼąh |
| 3rd person | niʼdoochʼąh | nidaʼdoochʼąh | |
| 4th person | nizhʼdoochʼąh | nidazhʼdoochʼąh | |
Noun
naʼachʼąąh
Derived terms
Related terms
Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with na- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object)
- Navajo terms prefixed with Ø -
- Navajo terms with uncategorized prefix
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼĄĄʼ (decorate)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Navajo verbs in the continuative (Ø/si) aspect
- Navajo nouns
- nv:Art
- nv:Painting